I got the impression he was hitting the “rookie wall”, and had some fatigue and we were looking to limit innings.
i know he’s not a rookie, but this has been his first sustained success and his previous innings high was 124 in 2024…
if best case, we’re going to get 150-160 innings from him (already at 83), let’s make those count.
if we have effective Miz and Harrison in the playoffs, we are going places (assuming Henderson would be #3)
if we’re starting Gasser or Sproat in the playoffs, we’re probably not going to advance.